The Hungarian Grand Prix saw Max Verstappen hold onto his fifth-place finish as the stewards decided not to take any additional action in relation to the late Lewis Hamilton accident.
Verstappen, who had fallen to fifth following his final pit stop, was attempting to compete for the podium after becoming irritated with Red Bull’s strategy calls earlier in the race.
Verstappen managed to pass Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari, but at first he was unable to pass Hamilton’s Mercedes.
The world champion made an attempt to dive up the inside of Turn 1 on lap 63 of 70, but he misjudged, locked up, and collided with the W15’s right front.
Hamilton proceeded unfazed, securing his 200th career podium after Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, while Verstappen dropped to sixth place behind Leclerc and got into a fight with Carlos Sainz in the second Ferrari.
Stewards verdict in full
“On the approach to turn 1, both Car 44 [Hamilton] and Car 1 [Versatppen] overtook Car 23 [Alex Albon]. Car 44 returned to the racing line before the braking zone and commenced to turn into turn 1.
“Car 1 approached the turn faster than on previous laps (due to DRS) and braked at the same point as previously.
“The driver of Car 1 argued that Car 44 was changing direction under braking. The driver of Car 44 stated that he was simply following his normal racing line (which was confirmed by examination of video and telemetry evidence of previous laps).
“It was clear that Car 1 locked up both front wheels on the approach to turn 1 prior to any impact occurring but missing the normal cornering line for a typical overtaking manoeuvre.
“The driver of Car 44 stated that this was a racing incident, whilst the driver of Car 1 argued that this was a case of changing direction under braking.
“The Stewards do not consider this to be a typical case of ‘changing direction under braking’ although it is our determination that the driver of Car 44 could have done more to avoid the collision.
“Accordingly we determine that no driver was predominantly to blame and decide to take no further action.”